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Naturalist

Creepy, Crawly, Courtship

It’s a spider lover's favorite time of year—tarantula mating season!
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LA Nature Quest

Join LA Nature Quest this October and discover and share biodiversity across Los Angeles
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A Decade of Discoveries for 10 Years of Dino Fest

To mark 10 years of Dino Fest, we're looking back at 10 of the colossal discoveries by NHM researchers from the Age of Dinosaurs
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Research and Collections

Digitized Mammals

How the new digitization project Ranges is unlocking the potential of NHM's Mammalogy Collection
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Riding Low, Rising High

Sandy Avila | Lady Lowriders
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Bridget Altman Paskil at Ghost Ranch New Mexico

More than a rock

Our intrepid colleague's dig diary from her fossil-finding expedition to Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.
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NHM's Favorite Cinematic Dinos

Watch a video compilation of our top picks for the fiercest, weirdest, and kitschiest dinosaur movies through history. Travel back through their cinematic history from Jurassic Park's T. rex to Arlo, The Good Dinosaur.
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A Northern White Rhino Skeleton From the San Diego Zoo Comes to NHM

The new specimen highlights the crucial relationship zoos play in ensuring rare and endangered species are represented in museum collections.
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Violet-colored Sea Snails, Janthina janthina, Wash up on SoCal Beaches

NHM's Jann Vendetti discusses the ocean-dwelling purple colored snails that washed up on Southern California beaches in July 2025.
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